Stocking form



Nov. 3, 1925,. 1,560,415

C. E. DENNISON STOCKING FORM Filed April. 6, 1923 2 Sheets-Shae: 2

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Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. DENNISON, 0F IHILADELI'HIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PROCTOR& SCHWARTZ, INC., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

STOCKING FORM.

Application filed April 6, 1923. Serial No. 630,293.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. DENNI- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Stocking Forms, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in forms on which stockingsand like articles are dried.

The object of my invention is to hold the open end of a stocking inposition on the form during the drying process and to prevent therolling of the edge of the stocking when it is on the form.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a stocking form with a stocking thereon,illustrating my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the lower portion of the form;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 44E,

, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the lower end of my improved form;

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of one of the perforated slidingbars; and

Figs. 7 and 8 are detached perspective views of two of the plates.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a stocking form made of metal. At thelower end of the form are notches 2 to receive the means for clampingthe forms to a support, which may be movable or stationary, dependingupon the type of drier used. The form has two longitudinal slots 3 ateach side near the lower end, as shown in Fig. 5, and located in eachslot is a perforated bar 4, which is attached to upper and lower plates5, 6, by countersunk screws 7 and 8, respectively. The plates arelocated on each side of the form, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8.

The plates and bars form a frame 10, which is capable of slidinglongitudinally on the stocking form.

9 designates pieces of fabric, such as cotton duck, which forms thefriction means. The fabric is secured to the bars 4 of the frame bymeans of stitches 11. The stitches pass through the fabric and throughperforations in the bars 4:, as shown in Fig. 4:. The upper edges of thepieces of fabric extend under the plate 5 and the lower edges of thefabric extend under the plate 6. When a stocking is placed on a form,the frame 10 carrying the pieces of fabric is in a raised position, asshown in Fig. 2, and is drawn down after the open end of the stocking isin position on the fabric pieces 9 on each side of the form.

The edge of a stocking at the open end, has a tendency to roll under thebody of the stocking, but, as the frame is drawn down, the edge isunrolled, and the end of the stocking is held fric-tionally during thedrying operation.

When a stocking is dried, the form passes a cam-shaped device, whichenters the notch 12 in the lower end of the form and pushes the frameinto the raised position. This action releases the open end of thestocking so that the stocking can be readily removed from the form, andleaves the form raised to receive another stocking to be dried.

WVhile fabric has been shown as the friction means, other means may beused without departing from the essential features of the invention.

I claim:

1. The combination in a stocking form of a body portion havinglongitudinal slots therein; and a sliding frame extending through theslots of the body portion and on each side of said body portion, saidframe having a broad friction surface on each side. arranged to engage astocking at its open end.,

2. The combination in a stocking form of a body portion havinglongitudinal slots therein at-a point where the open end of the stockingis located; and a frame arranged to slide on the stocking form, saidframe consisting of side bars located in the slots of the body portionand upper and lower plates secured to the bars, and friction materialsecured to the frame arranged to engage a stocking at the open end.

3. The combination in a stocking from, of a body portion havinglongitudinal slots therein; a perforated bar mounted in each slot; upperand loWer plates attached to the bars; and friction materials secured tothe bars.

4. The combinationin av stocking form, of

5 a body portion having longitudinal slots therein; a perforated barmounted in each slot; upper and lower plates located in each l side ofthe body portion and secured to the bars; and a fabric piece on eachside of the body portion between the plates and secured 10 to the barsby stitches passing through the perforations in the bars.

CHARLES E. DENNISON

